As Oscar Wilde once said, “The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Today, decades of market fundamentalism have bred a world of cynics. It's been too long since my last post, but I've been working on some other things. For those
Concentrated private power and the decline of democratic agency are at the root of these proxy wars. But there's lots of good news, so please read to the end! This week, I also included a "what I'm reading" section below with some links to
Today, I'm highlighting the just released paper — “Stakeholder Capitalism’s Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-Monopoly?” — that I co-authored with the Balanced Economy Project’s Michelle Meagher. You can read the Executive Summary and full report here. Rana Foroohar, a journalist that I highly respect (and author
This week, I discuss a new paper co-authored by Dennis J. Snower, an economist, and David Sloan Wilson, an evolutionary biologist: “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Economics I: A Multi-level Paradigm [https://bit.ly/D2200030].” The paper is 98 pages, and is fascinating. I’ll only cover the
Access isn't all it's cracked up to be. The narrative of "democratizing access" is a meme used to convey benefits to consumers while privatizing economic value or building market power for firms acting as gatekeepers. True democratization, however, involves making commons assets accessible to
What can starlings, consciousness, and mimetic desire teach economists? Happy New Year! This week, while driving over gritty downtown Seattle streets, a vision greeted me from above: I saw in the distance a swarm of birds – piercing the sky in a mesmerizing, shape-shifting pattern. As I drove towards this
Win/win proponents usually cite some version of "People + Planet + Profit = Impact." But what exactly is profit, and how is it derived? Welcome to those of you who are new subscribers — I am truly delighted you're here! And if a friend forwarded you this post, you
“Here is a completely noncontroversial statement I think we have consensus around: You, my dear, have a body. And should you desire to remain on this spinning rock hurtling through space, you will need a body to do it. Everything else we think we know is up for debate.” — Sonya
Hello all! Today you're in for a real treat hearing from Indy Johar, founder of Dark Matter Labs [https://darkmatterlabs.org/]. DML is a field laboratory focused on radically redesigning the bureaucratic & institutional infrastructure of our cities, regions and towns for a more democratic, distributed great transition.
Hello to my new subscribers — thanks for being here. I recommend reading my introductory post: Welcome! What is Embodied Economics? [https://embodied-economics.ghost.io/what-is-embodied-economics/] if you haven't already. Please feel free to reach out anytime with questions or comments: hello@denisehearn.com (still
Welcome to Embodied Economics! It means so much to me that you are here. Quick note on what to expect: this will be an irregularly cadenced circular (aka blog), but likely two, or more, posts a month. I will attempt to learn enough coding to add a comment function to
